Her real name after she married Mitsuo Iwata, a Japanese voice actor, is Nahomi Iwata(岩田 菜穂美,Iwata Nahomi?). She also appears in the Japanese and English-language versions of the Pokémon anime, voicing Ash's Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree and his Krabby.

She had a recurring role in the Johto series as Charla, Liza's Charizard, a Pokémon who lives at the Charicific Valley and who eventually developed a romantic relationship with Ash's Charizard. She also played Madame Muchmoney's Granbull.